{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-278A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008/section-278A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Regeneration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-regeneration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/278A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "278A",
  "heading": "Power to nominate for consultation purposes",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may for the purposes of the following provisions of this Part nominate a body appearing to the Secretary of State to represent the interests of tenants of social housing in England—\n(a) section 112(4);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) section 196(1);\n(d) section 197(4);\n(e) section 216.\n(2) The Secretary of State must notify the regulator of any nomination (or withdrawal of any nomination) under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 278A inserted (12.11.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 26(2), 148(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 278A(1)(b) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36), s. 46(3), Sch. 5 para. 45; S.I. 2023/1001, reg. 2(y)(xv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/section/278A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:57.313988+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}